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Originally Posted by Hugh
Having spent over 40 years in that world, we all know there are some users who just never "get it"...
You can try to make the system "idiot proof", but unfortunately there’s alway a bigger idiot.
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Yea, that’s why in safety critical systems, we look at ‘Human Factors’ where you design systems to make the wrong choice impossible or, at worst, difficult to the point where the user has to deliberately circumvent clear and obvious controls.
As soon as you give people a choice of options, there is always the chance of them choosing the wrong one...